Robert Forsyth (bishop)

The Right Reverend

Robert Forsyth
Bishop of South Sydney
ChurchAnglican Church of Australia
ProvinceNew South Wales
DioceseSydney
In officeJune 13, 2000 – December 31, 2015 (2000-06-13 – 2015-12-31)[1]
PredecessorPeter Watson
SuccessorMichael Stead
Previous post(s)Rector of St Barnabas Anglican Church, Broadway (1983–2000)[2]
Orders
Ordination1976 (as deacon and as priest)[3]
by Marcus Loane (as deacon)
Donald Robinson (as priest)[3]
Consecration11 June 2000[3]
by Harry Goodhew[3]
Personal details
Born
Robert Charles Forsyth

(1949-06-08) 8 June 1949 (age 75)
NationalityAustralian
SpouseMargie[4]
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Sydney (BA, MTh)
Moore Theological College (ThL, BD, Dip A)[3]

Robert Charles Forsyth (born 8 June 1949)[5] is an Australian Anglican bishop who served as the Anglican Bishop of South Sydney, a region of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, from 2000 to 2015. Before this he was the rector of St. Barnabas, Broadway.

Forsyth is married to Margie and has four children and ten grandchildren. He attended Meadowbank Boys High School and was a candidate for the Methodist ministry for a number of years but changed to Anglican candidature in 1972.

On 19 January 2008, Forsyth condemned Corpus Christi, a play depicting Judas seducing Jesus: "It is deliberately, not innocently, offensive and they're obviously having a laugh about it." The play also showed Jesus administrating a marriage between two of his male apostles.[6]

  1. ^ Davies, Glenn (18 January 2016). "Statement of Glenn Naunton Davies" (PDF). Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. ^ "St Barnabas's Anglican church Broadway". The Dictionary of Sydney. City of Sydney. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Circular to the Members of the 45th Synod Re: Special Session of the Synod to appoint an Archbishop: 2nd Mailing" (PDF). Sydney Diocesan Services. Anglican Diocese of Sydney. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  4. ^ Powell, Russell (10 December 2015). "Swansong for South Sydney stalwart". Sydney Anglicans. Anglican Diocese of Sydney. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Forsyth, Rt Rev. Robert Charles". Who's Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  6. ^ Afp.google.com, Row erupts in Australia over 'gay' Jesus play: report Archived 2011-11-04 at the Wayback Machine